Repudiate

[rɪ'pjuːdɪeɪt] or [rɪ'pjudɪet]

Definition

(verb.) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; 'The woman repudiated the divorce settlement'.

(verb.) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; 'She repudiated the accusations'.

(verb.) refuse to recognize or pay; 'repudiate a debt'.

Inputed by Katrina--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

(v. t.) To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.

(v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

Typist: Louis

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Discard, reject, renounce, cast off.[2]. Divorce, put away.[3]. [Modern.] Disown (debts), disclaim, refuse to pay.

Editor: Rufus

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Disavow, disown, discard, castoff, abjure, renounce, disclaim, divorce

ANT:Avow, own, vindicate, assert, retain, vaunt, claim, profess, recognize,acknowledge, accept

Inputed by Gustav

Definition

v.t. to reject: to disclaim as liability for debt: to disavow: to divorce.—adj. Repū′diable that may be repudiated: fit to be rejected.—ns. Repudiā′tion the act of repudiating: rejection: an unprincipled method for the extinction of a debt by simply refusing to acknowledge the obligation: the state of being repudiated; Repudiā′tionist; Repū′diātor.

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Examples

Editor: Moll

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